This is just such a dumb, broad-stoked take.
Posted on: August 7, 2020 at 09:26:46 CT
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But let’s not judge the gig worker who decides to sleep late on a Wednesday instead of showing up at a boring desk job from 9-5, or the community college student who drops out to take a second job waiting tables, or the 25-year-old who, with no savings, decides to fly to Coachella on a whim, or the mother of four who spends money on a giant television that she can’t afford. The new American Dream has new values and new aspirations. Savings, security, and predictability just aren’t part of the story.
I'm a millennial and know dozens of others and this does not describe many one of those millenials any more than boomers I know. My brother-in-law spent $50k on a F150 and then two weeks later, my boomer father-in-law spent $60k on an F250 to pull his new airstream. Both make less than $100k in their household and really can't afford the toys they buy.